♥Stiggy♥

Well, I flew down a few days ago to see my honey... and Im still here Its been a LONG 5 months since I saw him last with his overseas tour.

It was back in December on the phone that he told me he wanted to marry me... not very romantic over the phone, lol. But this past weekend he officially proposed, ring and all.. Im on cloud 9!!!!

Last time I went through the POE, I almost didnt get in for my 10 day trip. I think it was because:

1) I physically didnt have a return ticket or itenerary. All I could tell her was my reservation # that I had written.

2) I was just there two weeks prior, and was only home for 4 days in between and she was wondering why I was going back so soon.

3) I didnt have a job.

However, once she asked why I wasnt working, I told her I was a stay at home Mom, she asked how many kids I had and how old (They are small), at that point she let me through ( if it wasnt for that, Im sure I would have been sent back)

Count us in! And my family! That is WAY too long

Ok, IF these people are real... Wow Messi... run away quick!

However.... , Im with those who think this is the same person.

Too bad we cant see the IP addresses lol

Wow!! Congrats!

we just did our interview yesterday, my husband was on a tourist visa and we did an AOS from that... no probs whatsoever (it does help that he was never out of status and has been using his tourist visa heavily the past 3 years)

anyway, the interviewer didnt even ask a single question about the tourist visa, mostly just about our marriage.

grats!

Had our interview today. We were verbally approved!! The interviewer asked to see our Id's, birth certs, and marriage cert. Wanted to see my 2008 W2's. Showed her our photo album. She meticulously examined the photos.

She asked how we met and about our families. Pretty painless actually. Just waiting for the GC in next few weeks.

Did not stamp passport, but did take I-94 and EAD.

grats!!!

good luck! Keep us posted!

have you called your embassy??

Oh gosh, I showed Dave the fox, now he really wants one

Okay, I've just spent the past 3 hours cleaning the guest bathroom and bedroom (and I'm not finished yet) and I am furious as all getout. Let's just say that my inlaws (mainly MIL) have risen? to the dubious distinction of.....

WORST

HOUSEGUESTS

EVER!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

here's how you can get rid of them quickly the next time they visit

Owwww

OMG, I just shuddered

I'm not really mad, more confused.

My MIL sent my husband a rather mean email yesterday. She emailed him at 11:00 in the morning and then she emailed him again a few hours later giving him ####### about not replying to her email. We were out ALL day.

In her email she said how she feels that he might as well live in Alaska because he never calls her to tell her what's going on in our lives. I am confused because we visit with them at least once a month, she calls him every weekend and they talk. I don't know what else she wants. She is upset that she finds out more about him on facebook. Um thats what facebook is for... to keep up to date with peoples lives. He posted about how he had a cold and she got upset that he never told her.

Then at the end of her email she throws in: "PS: You should really learn how to differentiate between the spelling of there/their because it makes you look uneducated"

Like was that really necessary?

I don't really think it was necessary.

Also, she can come visit us, but she never has. I will stay out of it because its my husbands battle and not mine, but it still upsets me because she can be cruel at times.

Apparently she is also upset that we're going to Canada for holidays and not staying here. We live here... why can't we spend holidays with my family in Canada?

Anyways I just had to let it out. Carry on.

Wow, thats more then most parents get, isnt it?

can they deny you if your usc loved one doesnt have health insurance? Hes just getting out of the mlitary and doesnt have a job linedup yet

Sorry you had to go through this too!`

Now I can only hope that he doesnt follow thru with this. My lawyer thinks he is doing this to test the waters to see if he can try to get more out of this. She thinks if I stay strong and keep my entitlement he may just give up on that. Since I made the agremeent with him that Id be payign for airfare for the kids to see him and he wouldnt have to pay section 7 expenses (half childcare, half children activities, etc). If I stay up here in Canada not only am I going to be keeping what Im entitled to, but the courts are not going to make me pay the airfare for him to see the kids since its his job thats moving him around.. and he is still going to have to pay those section 7 expenses. So she thinks its just a test. But I think for someone whos spending $300 an hour on a lawyer, why pay to test it. Only time will tell.

So can you move anywhere in canada you wish without his consent?? I know not to many good paying jobs in the Kingston/Greenwood area. I believe from ur previous posts, it sounds like he doesn't want a lot to do with the kids, so if that is correct, he is probably just testing you, and trying to be a jerk, so stick it back at him and go for the max!!

Hey Flames,

Not yet, because so far I was able to go to the states with the kids. We were just going to stay put until the visa's were approved. But come May, if he keeps up with his new demands - my lawyer is going to file an application for relocation back home to Toronto for the kids and me. Its usually pretty easy to get if you are a military family, and you are moving back home to where all your family is.

I am not going to stay here in Greenwood, because just as you mentioned - the jobs pay no more than $10 an hour here, and if you want to make more than that, those jobs are scarce. You know what its like here... lol.

Ontarkie, Yeah, I am not going to budge - its just WRONG! I'm sorry, but playing the whole "you cant move with the kids without my consent unless you drop all these financial benefits" is not just wrong for me... but appauling for the kids sake

Now I can only hope that he doesnt follow thru with this. My lawyer thinks he is doing this to test the waters to see if he can try to get more out of this. She thinks if I stay strong and keep my entitlement he may just give up on that. Since I made the agremeent with him that Id be payign for airfare for the kids to see him and he wouldnt have to pay section 7 expenses (half childcare, half children activities, etc). If I stay up here in Canada not only am I going to be keeping what Im entitled to, but the courts are not going to make me pay the airfare for him to see the kids since its his job thats moving him around.. and he is still going to have to pay those section 7 expenses. So she thinks its just a test. But I think for someone whos spending $300 an hour on a lawyer, why pay to test it. Only time will tell.

Well, looks like we are going to have a MAJOR change in plans After all this time and research on me being the one to go down with the kids. My ex DH (ex darn husband) is starting to back away on the agreement to let the children move to the US unless I give up majorly on my entitlements from this divorce.. (wants me to give up on half the pension, wants me to give up on half the equity in the house, wants me to give up my spousal support and drop child support a bit) even though I was going to pay for the airfare for the kids to see him on his extended visits wherever he is posted to (hes military) for 6 weeks in the summer and a a week at christmas.

I so do not have the energy to fight him on this - so it looks like my significant other is going to have to be the one to come up here. Now time to research the whole Canadian immigration stuff, just incase...

congrats!

I met him playing final fantasy online a couple years before we became a couple. My ex-husband was our linkshell leader (I was married to my ex still), and he led our in game events, lol.

Anyhow, within the year after that, he got divorced from his wife, and a few months later I divorced my husband. SInce we always talked on a friendship level, a couple months after my separation I started talking to him about my feelings regarding my separation - how hard it was, etc. He helped me tremendously. After 3 months or so of him helping me, we started to talk a lot more, and we fell in love talking over the phone, skype, MSN for hours a day. Then he decided to fly me to see him. I spent a week. Two days later we missed eachother like crazy, and he got me another ticket for 3 days later to go back and see him, LOL. (he didn thave his passport yet to come see me but during that trip he went to go apply for it).

Ever since then we have been madly in love. He is one of the few true gentlemen left in this world - treats his family with respect, is a HUGE family guy, always opens doors for me, always tells me how beautiful I am even if Im sick as a dog, he's always there for me, he has such a warm compassionate heart, and seeing how protective he got of myself and my kids from my exhusband made me realize how much I love him too. He's truly my soulmate; my bestfriend

Im sorry to hear that you have to go through all of this

^^ I know you are so right. I just really need to get over it and get some cards and teach myself not to spend what I don't have. I think I'll still wait until I have a job at least.... so I'm not tempted...

Cant u just get them and request the minimum credit limit?

I love this thread.. great stories...

I went to starbucks a few weeks ago and plopped down a bunch of change on the counter and didn't know but there was a cariboo in the quarters.. the guy looked at me and said "well now... a little CDN funny money in this batch of coin here... don't worry, I'll take the coin and not make a great fuss about it"... he was implying that it wasn't currency and he'd out of the goodness of his heart take the coin.. ahhhh I thanked him ever so much.. (rolls eyes).. for taking my "fake" money..

LOL! I wonder how they'd react to seeing Canadian Tire money

One more tip, go get measured for new bras. my bust changed quite a bit after losing all that wieght. Most women actually wear the wrong bra size. You look so much better when you get it right.

~ Catherine

OOOH that is SOOOO important great tip gal... I went from a 36 to a 34 and never even realized it!!

I wish my ####### size would have gone down lol. Ive lost 50lbs in the last year, and hoping to lose another 10-15, but its still the same

Oh my.. that sounds deeelicious

The first time I came down here to visit a few years ago, I asked a waitress (an older lady) where their washroom was.

"Our . . . what?"

"Your washroom."

"I'm sorry?"

" . . . you don't have a washroom?"

"I don't . . . think so?"

And then my husband pipes up: "She wants to know where your BATHroom is."

"OH. It's down the hall." And she looked at me like I was crazy.

My soon to be father in law makes fun of me all the time for that too